Resource dependence and attitudes of local people toward conservation of Kabartal wetland: A case study from the Indo-Gangetic plains

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-302

  Ambastha, Kalpana ^a,b   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^a   Badola, Ruchi ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Attitudes; Gangetic plains; Resource use; Socio economics; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; LAND RIGHTS; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; KABARTAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 34347341552     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9029-z     Document Type: Article

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